AP European History Research Guide
Resources for Chain of Circumstance Paper
Rowley Library Fall Quarter 2007
Types of resources that will be use for your paper include books, database articles, websites, e-books and primary sources.
BOOKS
Books provide general background information, detailed information on specific historical events, and context for an event or topic. Remember to use the tables of contents and indexes to target specific details when using a more general text.
Rowley Library’s catalog or
Regenstein Library’s catalog
DATABASES
Rowley and/or the U of C libraries subscribe to the following databases, and many more. Use these for specific and/or timely information on an element of an event or topic.
To access these databases from home, first make sure you have your CNet ID. All databases except Google Scholar can be accessed through the Rowley High School Library's website.
• History Cooperative - Access current and archived articles from scholarly historical journals such as the Journal of American History, American Historical Review, and 21 others. Use quotes to search phrases in the search box (example: “rum trade” instead of rum trade).
• J-STOR – Archive of scholarly publications including but not limited to historical journals, 1 -5 year time lag. Use Advanced Search to limit searches to type (articles) and discipline (History-73 journals).
• Project Muse – Current peer-reviewed articles from scholarly journals. Use Advanced Search to limit searches to type (articles) and by subject (History 50+ journals).
• EBSCO – Full text magazine articles (European Review of History, History Today).
• Google Scholar -- Full access to select chapters from books, and journal articles (via J-Stor) through CNet ID. Also links to U of Chicago’s library catalog. Please note! -- These resources are NOT FREE, but made available to you (“authenticated”) by the University. If you are not on campus or connected via your CNet ID, you must pay to access these resources.
WEB RESOURCES
Websites:
Historyworld – History of Europe events are detailed, and you can
make your own timeline.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook – Primary sources galore! From
Fordham University.
World History International - An Overview of European History
Western civilization: A Saga of Pride and Prejudice, Peace and War
World History International -The Barbarian West
Europe in Retrospect on Britannia
European History - Political and social scenario of this continent
during the Cold War. Provides details on East-West confrontations,
fragmentations and unifications, belligerent countries, and the
German Democratic Republic.
Reformed online - The origins and history of Reformed churches in Europe
Subject Directories:
The Internet Public Library and the Librarians’ Internet Index are subject directories that are maintained by librarians. Librarians comb and evaluate the web and include authoritative websites that are catergorized by subject.
Internet Public Library -
Try the Social science-history category.
Librarians’ Internet Index -websites you can trust -
Browse Arts & Humanities - History (5,464 catergorized subject sites to search) and try the links in the subtopic “History by Place”
eBooks:
The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern – Historian Peter N. Stearns and thirty prominent historians have combined their expertise over the past ten years to perfect this comprehensive chronology of more than 20,000 entries that span the millennia from prehistoric times to the year 2000.
HOW TO WRITE & RESEARCH A HISTORY PAPER
Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College
Students.
Bowdoin College’s guide for all stages of your paper, from working
with your sources, to asking the right questions and forming a
thesis, to structuring your draft. Also includes points on style.
HOW TO CREATE FOOTNOTES & A BIBLIOGRAPHY (CHICAGO STYLE)
See Diana Hacker’s Documenting History Sources for footnote examples.
From EasyWriter: A Pocket Reference by Andrea A. Lunsford, 3rd ed:
“Footnotes are inserted at the bottom of the page on which the
citation appears in the text. The first line of each note is indented
½ inch, or five spaces, and begins with a number followed by a period
and one space before the first word. All remaining lines of the entry
are flush with the left margin. Single-space footnotes with a double
space between each note.” (p. 255)
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